Sviyazhsk to Trotsky.
17 August 1918

A steamship, workers, five barges of the zemstvo union and sogor* under the flag of the Red Cross is to depart from Nizhny for Samara for grain procurement. There are letters from the French and American consuls addressed to their representatives in Samara concerning the rendering of all possible assistance in this matter. Representatives of the International Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross are traveling on the steamship. I have no objections from my side to the passage of this caravan through our Front. Communicate your considerations urgently. Г6846.1

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